Waste-basket extender.



V. F. GRAHAM.

WASTE BASKET EXTENDER. APPLIOATION FILED AUG. 24, 1909.

1,116,265. Patented Nov. 3, 1914.

WITNESSES INVENTOR W 6 Emmi [I'm/5am ATTORNEY THE NORRIS PETERS CO.,PHOTO-LITHO., WASHINGTON, D, I

UNITE VERNON F. GRAHAM, 0F VANDERGRIFT, PENNSYLVANIA.

WASTE-BASKET EXTENDER.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, VERNON F. GRAHAM, a citizen of the United States,residing at Vandergrift, in the county of VVestmoreland and State ofPennsylvania, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement inWaste-Basket Extenders, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to a new and useful improvement in waste basketextenders, and has for its object to provide an exceedingly simple andeffective device of this character which may be secured to some objectsuch as a desk or counterind which will hold a waste basket so that thesame may be kept beneath the desk or counter when not in use, and whichmay be extended or drawn out from beneath either of said objects whensaid basket is to be used.

Another object of the invention is to provide a device of the characterdescribed which may be adjusted without removing the bracket forregulating the distance to which the basket will extend beneath theobject to which it is attached.

With these ends in view, this invention consists in the details ofconstruction and combination of elements hereinafter set forth and thenspecifically designated by the claims.

In order that those skilled in the art to which this inventionappertains may understand how to make and use the same, I will describeits construction in detail, referring by letter to the accompanyingdrawing forming a part of this specification, in

which- Figure 1 is a side elevation of my improvement, a portion of thebracket being broken away to more clearly show the pivotal pin. Fig. 2,a plan view thereof, and Fig. 3, a side elevation on a reduced scaleshowing its application.

In carrying out my invention as here embodied, A represents a brackethaving an attaching plate B whereby it may be attached to some objectsuch as a desk or counter G, and a head D.

E is a pivotal plate having a depending pin F formed therewith inproximity to its inner end, said pin being revolubly mount-Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed August 24, 1909.

ed in the head D of the bracket A. WVith Patented Nov. 3, 1914:.

Serial No. 514,351.

the sides of the plate E are integrally formed the projections G and H,the projections I-I being directly behind the projections G, and throughthese pass the ends of the wire I, said wire being so bent as to form aloop J in which fits the basket K, it being understood that the basketmust belarger at the top than the loop J so that the same will restwithin the loop.

In the lugs II are threaded the set screws L, the inner ends of whichbind upon the ends of the wire I thereby holding the same in itsadjusted position. By loosening the set screws the wire I may beadjusted so that the radius of the circle in which the loop J revolvesmay be made smaller or larger, causing the basket to extend a lesser orgreater distance from beneath the object to which it is attached.

In practice the device is secured to some object such as a desk orcounter so that the waste basket carried thereby will be beneath thesame and out of sight, while not in use and when the same is to be usedit may be readily drawn out from beneath the object to which it isattached so that waste paper may be placed therein.

Of course I do not Wish to be limited to the exact details ofconstruction here shown, as these may be varied within the limits of theappended claims without departing from the spirit of my invention.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new anduseful, is

In a waste basket extender the combination of a bracket comprising anattaching plate, a head having a vertically extending bore formedtherein, an arm connecting said head with the attaching plate, ahorizontal plate provided with a pair of apertured lugs formed on eachside and extending latterally therefrom, the rear lug on each side alsohaving a threaded opening therein, in communication with the aperture adepend ing pin formed integral with the last named plate adjacent oneend thereof and adapted to fit into the vertically extending bore in thehead, whereby said last named plate is adapted to swing in a horizontalplane, a loop formed from onecontinuous piece of wire provided withprojections extending parallel therefrom in a horizontal plane andslidably mounted in the apertured lugs, and fixed my signature in thepresence of two screws threaded into the threaded openings subscribingwitnesses. in the rear lugs and projecting into the apertures forengaging the loop projections VERNON GRAHAM 5 for holding the loop inits adjusted position Witnesses:

substantially as shown and described. C. V. MCCREIGHT,

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto af- RAY S. GRIMM.

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Washington, D. C.

